King County Executive Shannon Braddock today announced the winners of 2024 Best-Run Government Awards, which honor exceptional performance, leadership, innovation, and a commitment to equity, efficiency, and effectiveness.

In a new video, Executive Braddock revealed the winners of the eight Best-Run Government Awards: five innovation awards – for people, cost, service, climate and environmental stewardship, and equity, racial and social justice – and three leadership awards – for people leaders, individual contributors, and the Fred Jarrett Leadership Excellence Award for senior leaders.

“Choosing the winners from the many worthy nominations from Executive branch departments is never easy, and this was the case again this year,” Executive Braddock said in her awards announcement. “Congratulations to all the winners and nominees. Thank you for your hard work and innovative thinking.” See the announcement here and watch the video below to learn more.